| literalise | (verb) make literal | Synonyms: literalize |
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| localise | (verb) locate | Synonyms: localize, place, set |
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| (verb) restrict something to a particular area | Synonyms: localize |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, localize |
| (verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localize, place |
| loose | (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loosen, relax |
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| (verb) make loose or looser | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) turn loose or free from restraint | Synonyms: let loose, unleash |
| (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement | Synonyms: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen |
| lose | (verb) be set at a disadvantage | Synonyms: suffer |
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| (verb) withdraw, as from reality | - |
| (verb) fail to win | - |
| (verb) suffer the loss of a person through death or removal | - |
| (verb) allow to go out of sight or mind | - |
| (verb) fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | Synonyms: miss |
| (verb) fail to get or obtain | - |
| (verb) miss from one's possessions; lose sight of | - |
| (verb) fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense | - |
| (verb) fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit | Synonyms: turn a loss |
| lyophilise | (verb) to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: lyophilize |
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| macadamise | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamize, tarmac |
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| magnetise | (verb) make magnetic | Synonyms: magnetize |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind |
| marbleise | (verb) make something look like marble | Synonyms: marbleize |
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| marginalise | (verb) relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people | Synonyms: marginalize |
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| martyrise | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyr, martyrize |
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| masculinise | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinize, virilise, virilize |
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| materialise | (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: happen, materialize |
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| maximise | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximize |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximize |
| mechanise | (verb) make mechanical | Synonyms: mechanize |
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| (verb) make monotonous; make automatic or routine | Synonyms: mechanize |
| (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanize, motorise, motorize |
| melanise | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanize |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanize |
| melodise | (verb) supply a melody for | Synonyms: melodize |
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| memorialise | (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, immortalize, memorialize |
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| (verb) address in a memorial | Synonyms: memorialize |
| memorise | (verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: con, learn, memorize |
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| mercerise | (verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster | Synonyms: mercerize |
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| merchandise | (verb) engage in the trade of | Synonyms: trade |
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| mesmerise | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerize |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerize, spellbind |
| metabolise | (verb) produce by metabolism | Synonyms: metabolize |
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| metamorphose | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of | Synonyms: transfigure, transmogrify |
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| (verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: transform, transmute |
| metastasise | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasize |
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| metricise | (verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system | Synonyms: metricate, metricize, metrify |
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| (verb) express in the metric system | Synonyms: metricize |
| militarise | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarize |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarize |
| miniaturise | (verb) design or construct on a smaller scale | Synonyms: miniaturize |
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| minimise | (verb) make small or insignificant | Synonyms: minimize |
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| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: downplay, minimize, understate |
| misadvise | (verb) give bad advice to | Synonyms: misguide |
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| misuse | (verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: abuse, pervert |
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| (verb) apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | Synonyms: misapply |
| mobilise | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilize |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilize |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilize, rally |
| modernise | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernize, overhaul |
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| (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernize |
| moisturise | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: humidify, moisturize |
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| monetise | (verb) give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetize |
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| mongrelise | (verb) cause to become a mongrel | Synonyms: mongrelize |
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| monologuise | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuize, soliloquise, soliloquize |
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| monopolise | (verb) have or exploit a monopoly of | Synonyms: monopolize |
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| (verb) have and control fully and exclusively | Synonyms: monopolize |
| monumentalise | (verb) record or memorialize lastingly with a monument | Synonyms: monumentalize |
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| moralise | (verb) improve the morals of | Synonyms: moralize |
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| (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonize |
| (verb) interpret the moral meaning of | Synonyms: moralize |
| mortise | (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortice |
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| (verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortice |
| motorise | (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, mechanize, motorize |
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| mouse | (verb) manipulate the mouse of a computer | - |
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| (verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: creep, pussyfoot, sneak |
| mousse | (verb) apply a styling gel to | Synonyms: gel |
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| muse | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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| mythicise | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicize, mythologise, mythologize |
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| (verb) interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology | Synonyms: mythicize |
| mythologise | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicise, mythicize, mythologize |
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| (verb) construct a myth | Synonyms: mythologize |
| narcotise | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotize |
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| nasalise | (verb) pronounce with a lowered velum | Synonyms: nasalize |
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| (verb) speak nasally or through the nose | Synonyms: nasalize |
| nationalise | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalize |
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| (verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalize |
| naturalise | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalize |
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| (verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalize |
| (verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalize |
| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalize, tame |
| necrose | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, mortify, sphacelate |
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| neutralise | (verb) make chemically neutral | Synonyms: neutralize |
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| (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralize, nullify |
| (verb) make incapable of military action | Synonyms: neutralize |
| (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralize, waste |
| nitrogenise | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenize |
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| noise | (verb) emit a noise | Synonyms: make noise, resound |
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| noose | (verb) secure with a noose | - |
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| (verb) make a noose in or of | - |
| normalise | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalize, renormalise, renormalize |
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| (verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalize |
| nose | (verb) defeat by a narrow margin | - |
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| (verb) rub noses | Synonyms: nuzzle |
| (verb) push or move with the nose | - |
| (verb) advance the forward part of with caution | - |
| (verb) search or inquire in a meddlesome way | Synonyms: horn in, intrude, poke, pry |
| (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of | Synonyms: scent, wind |
| notarise | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarize |
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| novelise | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, fictionalize, novelize |
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| nurse | (verb) try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury | - |
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| (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, entertain, harbor, harbour, hold |
| (verb) serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people | - |
| (verb) treat carefully | - |
| occidentalise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalize, westernise, westernize |
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| odourise | (verb) cause to smell or be smelly | Synonyms: odorize, scent |
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| officialise | (verb) make official | Synonyms: officialize |
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| opalise | (verb) replace or convert into opal | Synonyms: opalize |
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| (verb) make opalescent | Synonyms: opalize |
| oppose | (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, controvert |
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| (verb) be against; express opposition to | - |
| (verb) set into opposition or rivalry | Synonyms: match, pit, play off |
| (verb) fight against or resist strongly | Synonyms: defend, fight, fight back, fight down |
| (verb) act against or in opposition to | Synonyms: react |
| (verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: counterbalance |
| optimise | (verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | Synonyms: optimize |
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| (verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best | Synonyms: optimize |
| (verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost | Synonyms: optimize |
| organise | (verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: coordinate, organize |
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| (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organize |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organize, prepare |
| (verb) cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea | Synonyms: organize |
| (verb) create (as an entity) | Synonyms: form, organize |
| (verb) form or join a union | Synonyms: organize, unionise, unionize |
| orientalise | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalize |
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| ostracise | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with | Synonyms: ostracize |
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| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracize, shun |
| overcapitalise | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| overdose | (verb) dose too heavily | Synonyms: o.d. |
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| overdramatise | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatize |
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| overemphasise | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasize, overstress |
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| overexpose | (verb) expose excessively | - |
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| (verb) expose to too much light | - |
| overgeneralise | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralize |
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| overpraise | (verb) praise excessively | - |
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| overspecialise | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialize |
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| overuse | (verb) make use of too often or too extensively | Synonyms: overdrive |
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| oxidise | (verb) add oxygen to or combine with oxygen | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidize |
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| (verb) enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidize |
| oxygenise | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenize |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| (verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| ozonise | (verb) convert (oxygen) into ozone | Synonyms: ozonize |
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| paganise | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganize |
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| palatalise | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalize |
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| paralyse | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyze |
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| (verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyze |
| paraphrase | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: rephrase, reword |
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| parse | (verb) analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) | - |
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| particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| pasteurise | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurize |
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| patinise | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinize |
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| patronise | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronize, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronize |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronize, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| pauperise | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperize |
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| pause | (verb) cease an action temporarily | Synonyms: break, intermit |
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| (verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | Synonyms: hesitate |
| penalise | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalize, punish |
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| peptise | (verb) disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | Synonyms: peptize |
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| perfuse | (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: suffuse |
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| (verb) force a fluid through (a body part or tissue) | - |
| personalise | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalize |
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| peruse | (verb) examine or consider with attention and in detail | - |
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| phase | (verb) adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition | - |
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| (verb) arrange in phases or stages | - |
| philosophise | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophize |
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| phlebotomise | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomize |
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